David Armitage is the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, USA. He is the author of The Declaration of Independence: A Global History and Foundations of Modern International Thought, and co-editor of The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, 2nd edition, and The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760-1840. Alison Bashford is Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, UK. She has taught Pacific and Australian history at the University of Sydney, Australia, and Harvard University, USA. She is the author of, most recently, Global Population: History, Geopolitics and Life on Earth, and co-editor of The Cambridge History of Australia.

• 1. Introduction; David Armitage and Alison BashfordPART I: PERIODISING THE PACIFIC2. The Pacific in Indigenous Time; Damon Salesa3. The Pacific Before Empire, c. 1500-1800; Joyce E. Chaplin4. The Age of Empire in the Pacific; Nicholas Thomas5. A Pacific Century?; Akira IriyePART II: CONNECTIONS6. The Environment; Ryan T. Jones7. Movement; Adam McKeown8. The Economy since 1800; Kaoru SigiharaPART III: KNOWLEDGES9. Religion; Bronwen Douglas10. Law; Lisa Ford11. Science; Sujit SivasundaramPART IV: IDENTITIES12. Race; James Belich13. Gender; Patricia O'Brien14. Politics; Robert AldrichAfterword: Pacific Crosscurrents; Matt K. MatsudaNotesFurther ReadingIndex.